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Friday, September 25, 2009

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Pluck of the Irish The finance minister of Ireland announced a plan to ransom the hostage economy. Others should follow suit, VINCENT R. REINHART says.

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Getting It Wrong in Honduras The Obama administration's position that removing Honduran President Zelaya "was some form of unconstitutional coup is a dangerous exaggeration," warns GARY SCHMITT.

The G-20 Trades in Its Credibility Based on history, expect little to come from the Group of 20 nations summit this past week, says PHILIP LEVY.

The Worst Economy Since...the 1980s? Despite media hype comparing the current economic crisis to the Great Depression, our present economy actually rates closer to the 1980s, writes MARK PERRY.

Netanyahu Lays It on the Line DANIELLE PLETKA highlights the Israeli prime minister's bold address to the UN.

Consumer Financial Protection: Vanilla or Mint? Good thing the administration dropped certain finance-reform mandates, NICK SCHULZ writes, because the market already achieves their goals.

Should Religious Leaders Trust President Obama’s Assurance on Abortion and Health Care Reform? It doesn't matter if abortion isn't explicitly covered under a healthcare reform bill: any such bill will likely lead to that coverage, argues JAY RICHARDS.
Datapoints

Increasing the Deficit While some have made claims of deficit neutrality during the healthcare debate, the public isn’t buying it. In the September ABC News/Washington Post poll, 65 percent said that healthcare reform would increase the federal budget deficit, 24 percent said reform would have no effect on it, and only 9 percent said reform would decrease the deficit. In a mid-September CNN/Opinion Research Corporation poll, 74 percent said if the president’s plan becomes law, it would increase the deficit, while 24 percent said this would not happen.

Source: ABC News/Washington Post, September 2009.

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